Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-08-20
The New Hired Man.

hired man fore harvest! No''n the
name o goodness DO yc want q ahired
man this time q year?
wv. Hammer. 'pearst' me ougi'cr
know Wen need man. LooE AZ
that br,akin ! want o do on the back
forty. and there the corn wants fbe
gone through the other way, an the
garden 'hOe-it'S time them pcrtaters
were hillcd NJ, an they need bu%@m
most cv'rv dar-an' hayin' comm on
I'm goin { put up all the hay there
is down in Won slough. Co'rs | need
hired man. Ye wauto mind Han
ner, that wr'unS are farmin il in Da-
koty now an no thing> sight differ
cntn we did in Penn, lvany."
''Oh. | recon | knowcd that already.
Ever since yc planted them cab yes in
I the wrong time o the moon last year
+ an didn't hev 'nough SOS We could
/ find EN-, seed We was dom ii differ
ent'
'Oh. don't talk no more bout them
cab ee~-a person will make Il mistake
Onct m awhile
Yes. an some o 'em twict in
awhile. Zacharicr. Did yc get me that
new milk-bucket with Il straincr ON jt?'
Hammer. don't mimi yer teliin ne
bout no milk bucket.
Yes, yc DO, Zacharicr; We mind it
Jest rs well as do. Now. want it
right away. or yer hired man can't
come into the houSe!''
We'll. well. Hammer. hook up old
I,oll in the mornin' an drive down an
ret It'd o rot it myself, but I'll be
Snaked ef reelected any thing bout
it."
This pacilied the good lady so much
that she went out and called her
daughter Alice. who was picking straw
berries in the garden, and directed her
TO get supper ready. After she had
gone her worthy husband chuckled a
little over his remarkably original
scheme of forgetting to buy the milk
pail, and frowned a little when lie re-
membered that it would have 10 be
bought after all. His wife soon re-
turned and said:
We'll, it 'pearst' me We got an ugly
'nough lookin' man this time. | seed
him out punpin' water"
That's it. Hammer, zactly; that's just
;,g H. - tho hl,,na.t kipst
greenest lookin' man I've feed for s
long time. an that's just wy l hired
. him. low he won't he foOlin' 'rount
Alice and actin calfiish"'
q Ale might try it--i never seed :
man wouldn't act catfish if he had hal
or two-thirds of chance. But rcck
, | on it won't do him any good; Alic
wouldn't hev nothn' do with as ugly
!. lookin' man as he is. pears t me h'
don't look 'sif he knew 'nough Z poun'
!. sand into a rat-hole.
''Oh. he's all right. only his look
are agin him powerfully. How'd h
h pear t be comm down on the pump
!, handle. Hanner?''
"He want throwin' himself ont
!. very hefty. Zacharier. Flow yc won
, find him any very great shakes"
A .'Oh. I'll tend { him. He can WORK
10 I'll bet farm, an il he won't get
n shnin" round Alice i reckon he'll b
g, good man. I've hadt chase boz
q ev'ry man I've had lately off the plaC
A cause he cot It into his head he Wa
n goin t marry Alice Pears / me We
, uns are very unIucky that way"
ID ''Zacharier. Alice. cOurages ZEN
nj that's wot she does: she tl,rl~ with 'en
. Wv YOU mind that last ore We had
RI the errin@. Y, kuow caught her pas
q in piece o pie oul % the pantr
I w.ndcr Z him. Yes. sir. big piece I
a dried punkin pie. an he took il N
I. sot down on the edge . ny soap Ike
&c lie an ct il. an she stuck her hea
lis on, % the winder an watched him.
N. Yes. know It. Hammer. ium l..
or know il. Ye Jest watch an see no
he Wv. if had hS picture I'll hang
he up'n the barn 10 keep the hogs out"
m They were interrupted by Alice a
mouncing that supper was re ady ar
all gathered in the large cool kitchf
70. where il was served.
lst '..Jes set right down at ih" end tha
We Tom. an hep Yourself, said I"ch
nd rlah. with wave of tine hanl 10 Il
at new man. lie did no; need secoi
q. invitation, and moved on the eNcelic
Is, supper which Ali Z had prepared as
ot he was in the habit of carrying II,
IS. things before him. He gave his uu,
n. yided attention 10 The business N han
%. and Mr.. Daybaush failed TO deiec, h,
an in so much as glancing at his daught
on Alice. who sat opposite. though I" T.
er the truth. an impartial observer cou
ng moi have blamed HIM much if he h
at embraced every opportunity for gazi'
it- at her, for she WAS certainly wor tbs
IDS anv mans attention. Plump. ros
no checked, brown-eved aRd-well. "
is saw very pretty and lei i 20 al thai
il; il did not seem strange that 50 ma
ter of his predecessors had fallen vict;i
~; To her charms, or thai the last one h
even been detected in taking pie fl
liz her hands through the pantr, " ndn